Proença Neto Marco A, De Sousa Marcos P A
Centro Universitário do Estado do Pará, Belém, Brazil Centro Universitário do Estado do Pará Belém Brazil.
Laboratório de Computação Avançada para Biodiversidade (COMBIO). Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belém, Brazil Laboratório de Computação Avançada para Biodiversidade (COMBIO). Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi Belém Brazil.
Biodivers Data J. 2025 Jan 8;13:e138257. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e138257. eCollection 2025.
The standardisation and correction of taxonomic names in large biodiversity databases remain persistent challenges for researchers, as errors in species names can compromise ecological analyses, land-use planning and conservation efforts, particularly when inaccurate data are shared on global biodiversity portals.
We present pytaxon, a Python software designed to resolve and correct taxonomic names in biodiversity data by leveraging the Global Names Verifier (GNV) API and employing fuzzy matching techniques to suggest corrections for discrepancies and nomenclatural inconsistencies. The pytaxon offers both a Command Line Interface (CLI) and a Graphical User Interface (GUI), ensuring accessibility to users with different levels of computing expertise. Tests on spreadsheets derived from datasets published in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) demonstrated its effectiveness in identifying and resolving taxonomic errors. By mitigating the propagation of inaccuracies from researchers' datasets to global biodiversity databases, pytaxon supports more reliable conservation decisions and robust scientific investigations. Its contributions enhance data integrity and promote informed biodiversity management in a rapidly evolving global environment.
在大型生物多样性数据库中，分类学名称的标准化和纠正对研究人员来说仍然是持续存在的挑战，因为物种名称中的错误可能会影响生态分析、土地利用规划和保护工作，特别是当不准确的数据在全球生物多样性门户网站上共享时。
我们介绍了pytaxon，这是一款用Python编写的软件，旨在通过利用全球名称验证器（GNV）应用程序编程接口（API）并采用模糊匹配技术来解决和纠正生物多样性数据中的分类学名称，以对差异和命名不一致提出修正建议。pytaxon提供了命令行界面（CLI）和图形用户界面（GUI），确保不同计算专业水平的用户都能使用。对源自全球生物多样性信息设施（GBIF）发布的数据集的电子表格进行的测试证明了它在识别和解决分类学错误方面的有效性。通过减少不准确信息从研究人员的数据集传播到全球生物多样性数据库的情况，pytaxon支持做出更可靠的保护决策和进行有力的科学调查。它的贡献提高了数据完整性，并在快速发展的全球环境中促进了明智的生物多样性管理。
